you two ran north jersey. >> we did? >> yeah. >> that's nice. james gandolfini, america's favorite mob boss from "the sopranos" dead at the age of 51. we'll look at the career of the man who helped urber in a new age of television. also, the stock market takes a 200-point tumble after the fed announces plans to scale back its bond-buying program. how will the move impact u.s. and its recovery? your money? we'll talk to cnbc's andrew ross sorkin live. in and this stanley cup final is turning into a classic. blackhawks and bruins go into overtime again.

this one a high-scoring thriller. we'll show you who came out on top in game four. this is "way too early." like the nba finals, i think the stanley cup finals are going seven games. i'm brian shactman. thursday, june 20th. we start off with sad news this morning. the entertainment world reeling today on news of the passing of james gandolfini who died unexpectedly while vacationing in italy. with me joe scarborough, host of "morning joe." it's obviously extremely sad because he died so young, but it makes us think again about how he transformed the whole television industry. >> brian, he really did. you look through television history, whether it's "i love lucy" "all in the family," "m.a.s.h.," just a handful of television shows that not only changed television but changed the entertainment culture and

changed the american culture. "the sopranos" was one of those few shows. of course, james gandolfini was "the sopranos." >> i came here today to tell you in all seriousness that i'm done. i did what you said. i gave it a lot of thought. and i decided that once and for all, it's over. the truth is, this therapy is a jerk-off. you know it and i know it. >> you know it may not have been the first time, but americans found themselves rooting for a villain, a mob boss. tony soprano killed people. he also was a caring father and a loyal friend. his emmy-winning performance paved the way for a new era. "newsweek" predicted in 2001 why the sopranos will have the rest of tv running for its life.

other networks followed hbo and gandolfini. showtime launched "dexter." amc brought along don draper and mad men and walter white and "breaking bad" and other channels followed suit all because of tony soprano. but it wasn't just his tough guy role that won him acclaim. he appeared in a lot of films including "zero dark thirty." leon panetta was proud that gandolfini played him. he was nominate forward a tony award for his role in the broadway comedy "gods of carnage" starring jeff daniels. in a 2009 appearance on "inside the actor studio," he was asked this question by host james lipton. >> if heaven exists, what would you like to hear god say when you arrive at the pearly gates? >> take over for a while. i'll be right back. no, no, no. >> that's it. that's it. >> no, no, no. you dare not change it.

it's too good. it's too good. >> think of the possibilities. >> and in the diner in bloomfield, new jersey, the iconic place kw wr that question sopranos" ended and that finale. last night they held a special tribute to gandolfini. they put a reserved sign on his table. brian? >> not much else to say, joe. thank you very much. we'll see you in just a few minutes. we'll have much more on james gandolfini on "morning joe" including live interviews with tony scott, bill carter and james lipton. as you might imagine, the passing of james gandolfini put us in a sentimental mood. we want to know, what was your most memorable moment from him? post a tweet using #waytooearly. we'll use a bunch of these later on in the program. other news to get to on this thursday, the head of the fbi admits his agency uses unarmed

drones. the use at home has been minimal and the program has what he calls a small footprint. the privacy guidelines were still, though in development. according to the fbi statement, drones were used earlier this year during a hostage standoff in alabama when a man held a 5-year-old boy in an underground bunker for days. anger directed at the federal government and the irs was enough for hundreds of americans to gather in protest yesterday in the nation's capital. the audit the irs rally was intended to paint the agency as public enemy number one. but that didn't stop the crowd of tea party supporters from also implicating the department of justice, the nsa and even the epa in government corruption. notable speakers included senator ted cruz, rand paul along with representatives dave camp and michele bachmann. and conservative pundit glenn beck. tea party organizers called the rally their largest event since

2010. you can add climate change to the list of domestic policy issues. president obama is taking on during his second term in office. according to "the new york times," the president is preparing new limitations on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. it is believed to be the strongest policy option the executive branch has to combat global warming. the white house is expected to move pretty quickly as it can take years for new regulations to be implemented. president obama hopes to have the new standards in place before he leaves office in 2017. the country's second largest school district is set to provide every student with an ipad. in los angeles, public schools, the tablets will eventually replace conventional textbooks for each of the district's 640,000 students. the initial contract is worth a reported $30 million to apple. the ipads which will cost the district $678 per device will come preloaded with educational software. well, for decades he's

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so-called cap'n crunch. is it commander crunch? stephen colbert is weighing in on the revelations that have shocked the cereal world. that check on weather also forthcoming with bill karins when we come right back.

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we need to know why the stock market tumbles so strongly when mr. bernanke says we might stop something in the future but nothing is happening right now. >> because we've indicated for the first real time that we are taking the drugs away from the patient. that's what's happened here. this is all about whether we can handle it. it's sort of -- it's kind of like antibiotics. you are supposed to take them to a certain point and then stop taking them before they finally kick in and start to work. it's hard to gauge when you are supposed to stop with the medicine. and that's really the question right now. the market clearly feels that the economy isn't out of the woods yet and the economy has been really quite dependent on the fed. we will see, but right now that's -- that's what's happening. by the way, the flip side of this whole argument is that the fed is only doing this because they think the economy, the real economy, forget about the market economy. the real economy is supposed to be getting better. and he's indicated that there's

a couple of different metrics that he's looking for. employment being one of those metrics. and he's not going to be doing anything until things do get better. at least he says materially what that means, we don't know. a number of analysts out there interpreting his words in very different ways. some of this quantitative easing could stop as early as september. others saying, by the way, this could go on into 2014. and by the way, if that happens, it could be after bernanke's term which, as i know you've talked about, may be over soon and may get handed off to the next guy. >> that's the key takeaway. if the fed pulls back, the economy may be okay enough to stand on its own two feet but it may not be good for markets because free money might end. real quickly, again for the viewer out there, the stock sell-off, but so do bonds and people sell gold. so are people just -- is this stuffing money under the mattress type situation? >> a little bit. a little bit. i think people are getting a little anxious that simply

because the fed takes the drugs away actually that the patient gets worse and gets worse quick. i'm not so sure that's the case but i do think that is the worry. by the way, the other thing to watch the ten-year treasury and ultimately what that means to mortgage rates and also some other things, that number is going up. >> thanks for coming on. we hope you come on again at some point. andrew ross sorkin from cnbc. the stanley cup finals -- listen. people have forgotten there was a lockout. that was just a few months ago. game four. bruins hosting the hawks. bruins up two games to one. listen. they tied it up. 5-5. boychuk, by the way, never scored more than five goals in a regular season. six in the playoffs. we go to o.t. ten minutes in, this is what happens. >> seidenberg saw that one through. that ricocheted off. that one blocked by bergeron. seabrook. score! the blackhawks have won it!

>> and 6'9" zdeno chara was right there off the -- we told you yesterday the police are questioning aaron hernandez in connection with the death of a man found less than a mile from his massachusetts home. now the local district attorney has identified the man as oden lloyd, a semi pro football player for the boston bandits whose death has been ruled a homicide. lloyd's family has said he has a connection to hernandez but did not elaborate on it. but that's not all on this story. an unrelated civil lawsuit filed recently in miami alleges hernandez shot a connecticut man after an argument at a strip club. according to nfl.com, the shooting caused alexander bradley to lose his right eye and the lawsuit alleges the gun didn't have the proper license. that story is not over. you shouldn't expect to see tiger woods playing competitive golf for a few weeks. he announced he's taking a

little bit of time off because of an elbow strain. that can be part of the reason he day pointed at the u.s. open over the weekend finishing tied for 32nd. he says he'll be ready for the july 18th british open but clearly a lot of people knew he was hurt and wouldn't admit it. now we know hoe was hurt. yankees and dodgers in a doubleheader. donny baseball making his return to the bronx. it's the first time these two teams have faced off since the 1981 world series. bottom six, ichiro with a three-run shot to left field. and i just dropped him from my fantasy team, thank you very much. vernon wells hits a pop-up in front of the pitcher's mound. oops. delsario boots it. the yankees win. to the night cap, dodgers rookie sensation, yacil, and this guy is unbelievable. deep in top of the seventh. he could be legendary if he stays healthy. l.a. gets some redemption blanking the yanks, 6-0.

nationals/phillies going extra innings. ian desmond. that one is out of the park. the go-ahead grand slam. they end up winning, 6-2. this is a fascinating story. for one family, the daughter of former yankee manager joe torre was at the right place at the right time. big time. torre was walking down a street when she saw a 1-year-old boy hanging from the awning of a storefront in brooklyn. when the child fell, christina torre was there to make the perfect catch. >> the baby was straddling and then all of a sudden it slipped and was dangling and holding on with its hands. i was actually still talking to 911 and i said he's falling and i just put out my arms and literally it just -- it was effortless. luckily just landed in my arms. i feel quite lucky that i was just in the right spot and was able to catch him. and he's alive. >> literally she saved that

baby's life. the little boy was taken to lutheran hospital and placed under observation. both of the boys' parents face charges which include endangering the welfare of a child and neglect. i mean, those are good stories to see. you hope the parents feel -- >> someone had to have been -- >> right. it will come up. you are totally right about that. >> if anyone saw a 1-year-old, they'd call the cops first. >> i'm glad the baby is safe. tropical storm barry formed yesterday. that's the weather story today making landfall in mexico in the southern portions of the gulf of mexico. it will have zero effect on the lower 48. veracruz getting heavy rain this morning. the story throughout the next two to three days, heavy rain in the northern plains. could have some severe weather. maybe isolated tornadoes. right now some strong storms heading up towards the canadian border in montana and north dakota. and just south of fargo, some very heavy rain. this afternoon, the concern will be damaging wind, hail and a few tornadoes.

this will continue through the overnight hours. fargo, duluth, minneapolis, sioux city, omaha, des moines, waterloo. i think kansas city you'll be okay. the eastern seaboard for our last full day of spring looks absolutely gorgeous today. enjoy it because it looks like the heat and humidity is coming back in a big way towards this weekend and all during next week. so 81, low humidity from d.c. to new york, up to boston. should be beautiful in the eastern seaboard. enjoy it because this low humidity stuff, it's not going to last. >> that's fine. i'm just preferring anything over rain, bill. thank you very much. coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," much more on the life of james gandolfini and how his iconic role at tony soprano completely changed television. when we come back here, we'll huddle around the watercooler, including the fishing trip that ended with a little bit of conversation with the dea. we'll explain when we come right back. [ male announcer ] we've been conditioned

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as we've discussed millions of people are mourning the loss of james gandolfini. if you want to sound smart, tell your friends the "sopranos" is the most successful cable

television program. it was lucrative for hbo. aside from record-breaking dvd sales worth hundreds of millions, the syndication rights were sold to a&e for $200 million back in 2005. that's essentially $2.5 million per episode. just unbelievable numbers. speaks to the success of it. speaking of success, i mean, lewis has been so much in his career. he's back. >> let's start with an upfloor the breakfast cereal world. cap'n crunch is not actually a captain. the three stripes denote the status of a commander not a captain. four stripes makes you a captain. and stephen colbert is fuming, and so am i. >> the only reason i ate a cereal that looked like the rotten teeth of a pirate on shore leave was because i was led to believe that he was an active duty u.s. naval captain.

i thought i was supporting the troops. what else is he lying about, folks? are crunch berries not actual fruit? did he really defeat the soggies? crunch has tried to put this story to rest by actually tweeting today, regarding today's rumors, of course i'm a captain. it's the crunch, not the clothes that make a man. #paidmydues. #[ bleep ]. >> in a scary situation in the bull fighting capital of the world, a runaway bull marches down the street into a busy intersection ramming cars. one unlucky pedestrian was even wearing a red shirt. >> does insurance cover that? >> the brave man eventually wrestled the bull down to the ground. luckily there was only one injury. >> wow. that is intense. >> look at that. >> now how is this for a fishing

story. five guys headed out for some marlin fishing yesterday off the coast of destin, florida. they reeled in $2.5 million worth of cocaine. they pulled the large floating bail on to their boat and found individually wrapped blocks of cocaine inside. they turned it over to the police who say the markings indicate the packages floated from venezuela. that's all i got. nowmika will give us a preview of "morning joe." >> we'll have more on the passing of james gandolfini and the huge impact he had on the tv industry. we're going to have "new york times" film critic tony scott, media critic bill carter and also james lipton from "inside the actor's studio." also willie geist, our new jersey native and mark halperin who has seen every episode of "the sopranos" ever. i've actually watched it. i loved it. and later, senator clair mccaskill will be here with her first interview since she

announced her support for hillary in 2016. also an exclusive with senator joe manchin. he responds to this nra attack ad with an ad of his own and he'll play it right here on "morning joe." brian, back to you. >> see you in five minutes, mika. when we come back here, we will revisit james gandolfini and your favorite screen moments as told to us via twitter. we'll be right back. ♪

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we asked you for your favorite james gandolfini moments. john tower will share some of them. >> a poolhouse scene where he punches the wall after carmen tells him about furio. mike writes, easily when he fought ralphie with a pan. fantastic moment. and kirsten, has to be a live day memories.

voice him f praise him for giving vois to wounded warriors. >> i liked him in true romance and even in "get shorty." he had a good role there when he turned to the other side on travolta's side. we're going to talk more about this on this on "morning joe," which starts right now. are you in the mafia? >> am i in the what? >> whatever you want to call it, organized crime? >> that's total crap, who told you that? >> dad, i have lived in the house my whole life. i have seen the police go, i see you go out at 3:00 a.m. >> so you have never seen him go out on a call? >> with a .45 automatic while hunting for easter eggs? >> i'm in the business. everybody assumes you are in the mob. it's a